Wireless health care products at risk for hacking
This is one of those stories that could have some people running for the hills.
Heart defibrillator implants can be hacked
I guess if I was wearing a heart pacer or some other type of medical device like the one mentioned above this issue would most likely seem panic worthy. Don’t get me wrong, I understand how this can be a life or death issue.
I do however believe this study raises some interesting questions. How can you keep wireless technology that is made to sit for a period of 5 -15 years secure. As wireless and security technology corrects this problem, it is natural that hacking technology will soon surpass that. I am lucky if I can keep a computer for 2 years before it goes obsolete. Imagine what happens when the gateway to your body is protect by 10 year old wireless technology.
I know there is always the possibility of doing software upgrades, that might help. Doing upgrades on production equipment is always a gamble, one that must be heavily weighed with the advantages it poses. Sometimes the data can be so important that it feels like life or death. But an upgrade on a pacemaker, now that really would be life or death.
Complicated issue to say the least.